Jenny Nimmo - Charlie Bone and the Red Knight

Books by Jenny Nimmo

Midnight for Charlie Bone

Charlie Bone and the Time Twister

Charlie Bone and the Blue Boa

Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors

Charlie Bone and the Hidden King

Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf

Charlie Bone and the Shadow of Badlock

Charlie Bone and the Red Knight

The Secret Kingdom

The Stones of Ravenglass

The Snow Spider trilogy

To Alice and Corwine, with love.

First published in Great Britain 2009 by Egmont UK Limited

This edition published 2010

by Egmont UK Limited

239 Kensington High Street

London W8 6SA

Text copyright © 2009 Jenny Nimmo

The moral rights of the author have been asserted

ISBN 978 1 4052 4960 7

eISBN 978 1 7803 1209 5

www.egmont.co.uk

A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Egmont is passionate about helping to preserve the world’s remaining ancient forests. We only use paper from legal and sustainable forest sources, so we know where every single tree comes from that goes into every paper that makes up every book.

This book is made from paper certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC), an organisation dedicated to promoting responsible management of forest resources. For more information on the FSC, please visit www.fsc.org. To learn more about Egmont’s sustainable paper policy, please visit www.egmont.co.uk/ethical.

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Title page

Books by Jenny Nimmo Books by Jenny Nimmo Midnight for Charlie Bone Charlie Bone and the Time Twister Charlie Bone and the Blue Boa Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors Charlie Bone and the Hidden King Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf Charlie Bone and the Shadow of Badlock Charlie Bone and the Red Knight The Secret Kingdom The Stones of Ravenglass The Snow Spider trilogy

Copyright To Alice and Corwine, with love. First published in Great Britain 2009 by Egmont UK Limited This edition published 2010 by Egmont UK Limited 239 Kensington High Street London W8 6SA Text copyright © 2009 Jenny Nimmo The moral rights of the author have been asserted ISBN 978 1 4052 4960 7 eISBN 978 1 7803 1209 5 www.egmont.co.uk A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Egmont is passionate about helping to preserve the world’s remaining ancient forests. We only use paper from legal and sustainable forest sources, so we know where every single tree comes from that goes into every paper that makes up every book. This book is made from paper certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC), an organisation dedicated to promoting responsible management of forest resources. For more information on the FSC, please visit www.fsc.org . To learn more about Egmont’s sustainable paper policy, please visit www.egmont.co.uk/ethical .

The endowed children

Prologue

1. The enchanted sword

2. Lord Grimwald arrives

3. A family tree

4. Gabriel’s secret

5. Fire in the tunnel

6. Charlie escapes

7. Olivia and the gargoyle

8. The Sea Globe

9. The false godmother

10. Tigerfield Steps

11. Angel in the snow

12. The sea-gold charms

13. The roaring wave

14. A perplexing postcard

15. Fog!

16. A distant voice

17. Eagle thief

18. Rembrandt’s fly

19. Rescuing Solomon

20. On the heath

21. The battle

22. The seat of evil

About the Publisher

The endowed are all descended from the ten children of the Red King: a magician-king who left Africa in the twelfth century, accompanied by three leopards.